Its incredible.. cant get kernel modules to download, dont know how to modify vanilla kernel code for Zaurus C1000 because no one else knows it seems ? I hope I am wrong ?

And all I want is:

rt73.o

yes, that single kernel module compiled for kernel 2.4.20 and to be used on a Zaurus SL-C1000 and pdaxii13 OS.just make sure the source code is from the ASPj rt73-k2wrlz source code and you use GCC 3.4.5 which is the default GCC for pdaxii13.

Its got to be the all time easiest $150 US your ever going to make.

someone, somewhere out there knows exactly what I'm talking about and want, if thats you, come get your money ! its ready !

create for me rt73.o and its all yours !

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Looking on Google for "rt73.o zaurus" or "rt73.o arm" gives interesting results in Chinese and Korean. I don't understand these languages but the web pages contain instructions to compile the kernel and the rt73 module. Given that your environment is probably already set up to compile it, maybe you could find some interesting clues there.

I remember my previous experiences when building my own kernel for the "fun" of it, and well, to tell the truth, it was not fun at all... Anyway, good luck for your quest! :-)

Looking on Google for "rt73.o zaurus" or "rt73.o arm" gives interesting results in Chinese and Korean. I don't understand these languages but the web pages contain instructions to compile the kernel and the rt73 module. Given that your environment is probably already set up to compile it, maybe you could find some interesting clues there.

I remember my previous experiences when building my own kernel for the "fun" of it, and well, to tell the truth, it was not fun at all... Anyway, good luck for your quest! :-)

Thank you Frederic so much for your reply, alas, I already know about the requirement for the existence of the directories mentioned there. happily, I managed to cross compile a successful build of zImage.bin that the Z could actually run, and did run.

So, I am 50% there now. I need to get to know how to get my x86 to cross compile kernel modules for ARM namely, kernel 2.4.20, so I am still seekingthe illusive:

rt73.o

so, do you know anything else please ? anything would be greatly appreciated, all the very best.

Two thoughts. I know how frustrating what you are going through is, after a friend compiled serial modules for me for the Collie. The compilation was a bear. Here is my page about the adventure with 2.4.6 Kernel source:

So yeah, building is hard, especially if there are errors in the kernel source itself, or you need a patch to make it work on your ROM, which is what he found for the 2.4.6 kernel.

I suggest using google to help you find someone who knows how to do what you want but who isn't reading the forum. Or check out the Zaurus channels at irc.freenode.net for help. That's how we located the patch we needed, I emailed developers of applications for my ROM (who I found using google or dogpile), and one kindly helped guide us to the necessary files and sent us the one that was not on the web.

Even #linux might have someone who could look at your output and help figure out the problem, if you don't find someone able to rescue you.

Developers are usually off doing other things. But here is the website of one who compiled the module for 2.4.23 for some other machine, and maybe he can give you guidance. Nothing to lose in sending him an email.

Two thoughts. I know how frustrating what you are going through is, after a friend compiled serial modules for me for the Collie. The compilation was a bear. Here is my page about the adventure with 2.4.6 Kernel source:

So yeah, building is hard, especially if there are errors in the kernel source itself, or you need a patch to make it work on your ROM, which is what he found for the 2.4.6 kernel.

I suggest using google to help you find someone who knows how to do what you want but who isn't reading the forum. Or check out the Zaurus channels at irc.freenode.net for help. That's how we located the patch we needed, I emailed developers of applications for my ROM (who I found using google or dogpile), and one kindly helped guide us to the necessary files and sent us the one that was not on the web.

Even #linux might have someone who could look at your output and help figure out the problem, if you don't find someone able to rescue you.

Developers are usually off doing other things. But here is the website of one who compiled the module for 2.4.23 for some other machine, and maybe he can give you guidance. Nothing to lose in sending him an email.

Which both turn out to be a load of crap. They run for a few times, then mysteriously just die, and become about as much use as a worn out shoe. While I am investigating this great phenomena, the real powerhouse card:

D-Link DWL-G122 C1

is just waiting for me to slap it into its USB slot and let it do its great stuff, alas, my Computer wont knowwhat to do with it, as it does not (as yet) have the kernel module:

rt73.o

Alas, your thought is good, but for the application I want, there is only one choice available:

Any rt73 chipset based USB wifi card

so, role up, role up, all you Unixheads, payment to whatever level I pledge to the first person to compile for me:

Out of curiousity, what does "works for a few times and then just dies" mean?

May be a stupid question, from someone who knows nearly zilch about hostap and wireless, but it sounds suspiciously to me like there may just be some wrong settings somewhere in /etc/. I found Opera was resetting my config and ppp file settings to the wrong baud rate if I let it.

May be totally unrelated, you seem sure it's the driver you need, but what the heck. I just got my post up about that a few days ago (again, sl6000, Sharp ROM):

Out of curiousity, what does "works for a few times and then just dies" mean?

May be a stupid question, from someone who knows nearly zilch about hostap and wireless, but it sounds suspiciously to me like there may just be some wrong settings somewhere in /etc/. I found Opera was resetting my config and ppp file settings to the wrong baud rate if I let it.

May be totally unrelated, you seem sure it's the driver you need, but what the heck. I just got my post up about that a few days ago (again, sl6000, Sharp ROM):

Maybe the new card would do the same thing, because some application is messing up your settings?

Its a good thought sdjf, but I have confirmed that it is a Hardware problem with these 2 Cards.

The Cards main IC has no heatsink on it, and this is whats making these cards perform in the way I mentioned.I put my finger on the top of the main IC on the card while connected to the USB system, as soon as I issued the wireless control commands:

ifconfig rausb0 upiwconfig rausb0 mode monitor channel 2

the main IC on the card heats up to such a degree that I can't keep my finger on the top of the IC anymore.

So, I'm hoping that by adding some refrigeration to the IC that the card continues to run indefinitely withoutburning itself out.

Thats a real interesting problem you had there with Opera and your CF Modem ! nice that you sortedit out !

If you know anyone that has a kernel 2.4.20 toolchain up and running and can make .o kernel modulesplease let me know everyone.

In the meantime, please keep this thread running, I want to hear from all of you, thanks to allso far that have tried to assist mw with this problem ;-)

The third, commented out one is the original. The compiler claims that there's no such member "dev" in "&dev," so I hacked it together so it compiled

Basically, if somebody could tell me what to change that to, I should have a working module. I believe that usb_device is defined in the kernel header include/linux/usb.h. I haven't worked with structs, so this all seems like a jumbel/excruciatingly messy coding to me (which it likely is).